Maria Parisi (10) was the first girl to represent OHS at Missouri’s state cross country meet in eight years despite it being her first year participating in cross country for the school. Parisi placed...

Oakville's award winning band is known for its amazing sound and fantastic visuals. This marching season the band has performed for several competitions and placed highly in every single one. What makes...

Dancing, like people, comes in a diverse spectrum of interesting and beautiful forms. From salsa to ballet to flamenco, dance seems to be a universal language that can connect people despite their differences.  After...

Social media can often be found as a source of negativity and controversy, but for Michaela Gindler (11) she uses it to faithfully inspire others. After growing up in the church, attending PSR, and...

When Eva Beidle (11), Rylie Huether (11), and Natalie Baker (10) competed in the FBLA district competition, they got second place in Broadcast Journalism. To move onto state, they needed to get first place.  “At...

Being a year younger than the rest of your class and becoming a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship award seems to be unheard of. But Aurora Baker (12) accomplished just that.  Before entering...

April is National Organ Donation Awareness Month, and although the month has ended, it is still important to remember how the need for organ transplants affects people all over the U.S., including in the...

For their last year at OHS, two seniors wanted to put their names in the history books by creating a new club.  President Vicky Riordan and Vice-President Katie Seithel created the Tiger Tales book...

Oakville has had not one, but two students become published authors within the last 10 years.  First, OHS alum Hannah Hoffmiester published all five books of her “Dream Ring” series before graduating...

While many students have heard of Oakville’s GSA, not everyone knows the hard-won victory of it’s beginning. In 2007, the club was started by freshman Johanna Brown with the help of Mr. Ed Taylor. “We...

Many of us have our own way of expressing ourselves and enjoying our free time. For Mr. Rodney Gerdes, a social studies and economics teacher at OHS, expression is found in photographing the great outdoors.  Gerdes...

The college admissions process is stressful and tedious under normal circumstances, and even worse when seniors are expected to apply during a pandemic.  New restrictions, limits on students' applications,...